Many websites when ask you to create a new "username", will limit you in some way, most often like "username should only contain letters and underscores" or something alike.
This results in inability ...

I am developing a file sharing and hosting service, and right now I don't have any requirements set other then that a password has to be at least 6 characters long. I also accept all characters.
I'm ...

I did see the related question
How do you know when an interface is complete - Though the answers in this question are very interesting,they are more from a product management perspective of what to ...

Chat programs usually put the most recent information or message below others (bottom posting). Forums and feeds put the most recent information above others (top posting). Is any one better than the ...

I have a select tag that looks like this:
It spans along the top of the page contents, which is roughly 90% the screen width. So, while it's not obvious in this question, the caret is roughly 400px ...

Is there any good reason when creating an online video player to use the space bar as a pause control only when the user is fullscreen?
I notice quite a few big video sites follow the space used as ...

There is a Sign up function in a web application. After user signs up, an email message with confirmation link is sent to his email address. This confirmation link is obviously valid only one time.
...

I have implemented janrain's social login on my website. I am wondering how important it is to include a traditional login (email/password) system.
I believe there may be a significant percentage of ...

I have been trying to find examples on web for information architecture techniques specifically for mobile devices. I realize the steps in getting a IA for any tool mobile/desktop are card sorting, ...

I wanted to get some opinions and feedback on using an image of a back panel for navigation. In our current UI we have a setup of a appliance. The appliance has a number of ports and some need to be ...

In most operating systems and on some websites there is a high contrast mode, intended for use by visually impaired people. I have doubts, however, whether using such mode makes any sense - from what ...

I was wondering if the use of sliders would make it harder for people with disabilities to select values. How hard is it to drag and drop for them? How easy is it for them to see values changing while ...

I am working on a form design that currently has two mutually exclusive forms accessible via tabs (Option 1). During usability testing my team noticed that users missed the tabs and only noticed them ...

We're trying to implement the most effective method of displaying duration it takes for user to complete a puzzle.
Looking for simplicity and accuracy.
I've added two examples that we've been working ...

What is the most appropriate image to indicate to users to swipe left or right?
i am using http://cubiq.org/swipeview but i feel like it needs a swipe indicator in the background somewhere.
Edit: for ...

We have an application that heavily relies on Microsoft Ribbon UI to perform actions etc on say a document. We have a few ribbon groups defined and each have a certain set of actions they can perform ...

Many cars, such as the BMW M3 pictured below, have their fuel door on the passenger's side of the car.
I do not understand the reasoning behind placing the fuel door opposite the driver; placing it ...

We're using red as the colour for primary Actions. This can be in the form of a button.
In terms of usability, what are the downsides. Are there any upsides at all?
An example for using red coloured ...

I'm trying to write a budgeting web-app and wants the user to choose how many times a budget should repeat itself. I have the following options:
I want One-time to mean that the budget only happens ...

I have a form which edits a flight, and it should be possible to delete them. I have considered putting a delete button in the index page, which lists all the flights, but the table rows are clickable ...

We have a selection field on our website. And today we had a discussion at the office about our filter options when the user is facing the filter options for the first time.
Option A
No filters are ...

Edward Tufte in the book The Visual Display of Quantitative Information states, more or less, that ink is expensive. Any ink which is not used to actually convey information is chartjunk and it will ...